Yes I can agree on this for sure.
But I have worked on skid row and I have seen people be born again and have the light of Christ shine through for a time.......but living on the streets they go back to their former life and can never break free because they have no way to escape.
Many die of over dose or alcoholic poisoning. Yes they were saved and grew for a time, came to meetings for a time, spoke about being set free for a time, but either by choice or the compulsion of the flesh they were not able to reap the benefits of the salvation from sin.
So in real life, not in the church pew these doctrines of men are just that.
Salvation is gift from God but not everyone lives out the gift they were given, but they did indeed receive the gift because God is gracious we do not promise Him obedience for the gift in order to receive the gift.
God does not work the same way in each person's life, sometimes He lets them go to their baser nature and sometimes He removes them from planet earth.
But I have worked on skid row and I have seen people be born again and have the light of Christ shine through for a time.......but living on the streets they go back to their former life and can never break free because they have no way to escape.
Many die of over dose or alcoholic poisoning. Yes they were saved and grew for a time, came to meetings for a time, spoke about being set free for a time, but either by choice or the compulsion of the flesh they were not able to reap the benefits of the salvation from sin.
So in real life, not in the church pew these doctrines of men are just that.
Salvation is gift from God but not everyone lives out the gift they were given, but they did indeed receive the gift because God is gracious we do not promise Him obedience for the gift in order to receive the gift.
God does not work the same way in each person's life, sometimes He lets them go to their baser nature and sometimes He removes them from planet earth.
I have known some who started well only to fall away and others who struggled at every point but who always returned.
One danger is to allow our experience and emotions to flavor our understanding. Often we desire salvation for an individual much more than they do for themselves.
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